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Integrated Exam 3/9 > Histo: Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth Muscles (smooth not complete) > Flashcards

Histo: Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth Muscles (smooth not complete) Flashcards

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What are elongated muscle cells called and how are they oriented?

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  • Myocytes
  • Parallel to each other in organized bundles
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What is muscle cytoplasm called and what is it occupied by?

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  • Sarcoplasm
  • Actin and myosin myofilaments
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What tissue type?

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  • skeletal
  • look for striations and cells on outside
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What tissue type?

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  • cardiac
  • look for circular dots with lots of space
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What tissue type?

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  • smooth
  • 2 different sheets
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Skeletal muscle activity fastest

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strong
quick
discontinuous
voluntary contraction
striated

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Cardiac muscle activity

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strong
quick
continuous
involuntary contraction
striated
speed can be modulated

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Smooth muscle activity

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weak
slow
involuntary contraction
no striations
speed can be modulated

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Skeletal muscle general features

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  • made up of dense fibers that are organized and have high metabolic activity
  • syncytium (share a cytoplasm)
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Connective tissue investment layers

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(outermost) Epimysium -> Perimysium -> Endomysium -> muscle fiber

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Epimysium

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  • outer layer
  • fuses and becomes tendon which moves bone
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Perimysium

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  • invests fascicles (groups of myocytes)
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Endomysium

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  • CT element that surrounds individual myocytes/fibers
  • thin and small
  • contains capillaries
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Capillary network

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  • exists in endomysium
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What is essential for the force of transduction of muscle fibers/bundles?

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CT surrounding mus fiber

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Classification of skeletal muscle fibers is based on 3 things:

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  • contractile speed: rate of contraction and relaxation
  • enzymatic velocity: rate of ATP breakdown by myosin ATPase during contraction
  • metabolic profile: capacity for ATP production by oxidative phosphorylation or glycolysis
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T1 Muscle Fiber

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  • Slow oxidative fibers
  • red
  • slow twitch / slow myosin ATPase
  • Many mitochindria and glycogen
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18
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What type of athlete has T1 muscle fibers?

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  • Long distance runners
  • Meant for long, slow/sustained contraction needed to maintain posture
  • Fatigue resistant
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What type of athlete has T2a muscle fibers?

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  • 400-800m Sprinters, hockey players
  • Fatigue resistant
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What type of athlete has T2b muscle fibers?

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  • Short-distance sprinters, weight lifters
  • Meant for rapid contractions and fine, precise movements
  • Fatigue prone
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T2a Muscle Fiber

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  • Fast oxidative, glycolytic fibers
  • medium pink color
  • fast twitch
  • high glycogen mitochondria and myoglobin content
    *Capable of anaerobic metabolism
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T2b Muscle Fiber

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  • Fast glycolytic fibers
  • white/light pink color
  • fast twitch
  • less mitochondria and myoglobin content (less metabolically active)
  • high glycogen and anaerobic activity
    *Myosin ATPase fastest of all fibers
    *Last fibers to be recruited by nervous system
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What is the structural and functional subunit of the myofiber?

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Myofibrils

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What is a myofibril?

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  • short, linear repeating unit of a sarcomere
  • principle sarcoplasmic component of the muscle fiber
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What are the functional contractile apparatus of skeletal and cardiac muscles?

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Sarcomeres (bounded by z-lines)

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What 2 types of myofilaments are myofibrils composed of?

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-thin filaments (actin)
-thick filaments (myosin II)

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27
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Add labeled Z,I,M

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Add labeled Z,I,M

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What is a sarcomere bounded and centered by?

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Bounded: Z, I
Centered: A, H, M

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Actin:

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  • principal contractile protein of thin myofilaments
  • pair of helically entwined polymers (f-actin) of G-actin molecule
  • associated with troponin & tropomyosin
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30
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What binds actin?

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TnI

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31
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What binds Ca+?

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TnC

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What binds tropomyosin?

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TnT

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Myosin II:

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  • composed of 2 polypeptide heavy chains, each with a “head” and rod-like “tail” portion
  • 4 light chains associated with the head of heavy chain
  • head has ATPas activity and actin binding site
  • the projecting globular heads form the cross- bridges between the thick & thin filament
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Titin

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  • anchors myosin filaments in the Z lines
  • very large, has elasticity
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a-actinin

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  • short
  • major component of Z line
  • anchors actin to Z line
36
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Nebulin

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  • an inelastic protein
  • assists in stabilizing a-actinin/actin interactions at z line
37
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Tropomodulin

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  • “caps” actin to regulate its length at its free end
38
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Myomesin

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  • myosin binding protein
  • holds myosin in register at the M line
39
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C protein

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  • myosin binding protein
  • lies adjacent to myomesin
  • holds myosin in register at the M line
40
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What makes up the M-line in chromatography

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Myomesin and C protein

41
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Sarcomere labeled

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42
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Do actin and myosin interact at rest?

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NO

43
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What band is not visible during muscle contraction?

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I band

44
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What occurs during muscle contraction?

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Thin (A) filaments slide past thick (M) filaments, resulting in greater penetration into A bands

45
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Costamere

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Connects the sarcomere of the myocyte to the cell membrane

46
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Dystrophin

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Links actin to laminin in the basal lamina, is dysfunctional in muscular dystrophy

47
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Desmin

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Surrounds sarcomere at the Z-line attaching them to the sarcolemma

48
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Sarcolemma

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  • cell membrane of muscle fiber
  • invested with a basal lamina
49
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Sarcoplasm

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  • cytoplasm of a muscle fiber
  • many mitochondria
50
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)

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  • special form of smooth er in muscles
  • sequesters calcium during contractions
  • rich in calsequestrin (binds calcium)
  • triad is functional unit
51
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What is a triad composed of?

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  • 1 T-tubule (has voltage sensitive proteins to control depolarization of sarcolemma)
  • 2 Terminal cisternae (reservoir for calcium w/ voltage sensitive calcium channels)
52
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Triad image

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53
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What is a motor unit?

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A single alpha motor neuron/axon
and the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates

54
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Properties of the Motor Unit:

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  • all or none law (either muscle cell contracts or it does not)
  • muscle fibers of the same motor unit contract in unison
  • the force generated by a muscle depends on the # of motor units contracting, the types of muscle fibers activated, and the rate and duration of motor neuron input
  • fine control muscles: 1 motor axon can innervate 1-3 muscle fibers
  • course control muscles: 1 axon can innervate 100s of muscles
55
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What is the motor end plate?

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A specialized synapse where a
motor axon terminates onto a myofiber

56
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Where does communication occur in skeletal muscles?

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motor end plate

57
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Properties of the Motor End Plate:

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  • only 1 MEP per muscle fiber
  • axons can branch and invaginate sarcolemma to form junctional folds (high SA)
  • ACh is present on the presynaptic side of the junctional folds
  • depolarization of the nerve causes
    exocytosis, spilling ACh into the
    synaptic cleft
  • this activates ACh receptors on the sarcolemma
  • results in depolarization of the muscle
    fiber and contraction occurs
58
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EM of neuromuscular junction labeled

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59
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What are the sensory receptors in muscle?

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  • muscle spindle (fuse) -> gives rise to reflexes and movement
  • golgi tendon organ (GTO) -> innervates the tendon
60
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muscle spindle (fuse)

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  • detects changes in muscle length
  • contain both sensory and motor fibers
  • stretch reflex (stretch on muscle causes contraction)
61
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golgi tendon organ (GTO)

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  • monitors tension developed in muscle
  • afferent (sensory) fibers only
  • prevents damage during excessive force generation (stimulation causes relaxation of muscle via inhibition of a-motorneurons)
62
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Intrafusal muscle spindle

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  • innervated by gamma motor neurons (sensory and motor fibers)
  • contract slightly, but NO force around a joint
  • maintain LENGTH of the fuse
63
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Extrafusal muscle spindle

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  • innervated by alpha motor neurons
  • highly contracting fibers that generate force and supply the muscle with power
64
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Muscle spindle image

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65
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Muscle spindle fuse image

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66
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Fuse image (longitudinal section)

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67
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GTO image (tendon of achilles)

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68
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How do skeletal muscles develop?

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  • fusion of myoblasts (single cells)
69
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What tissue type do myoblasts come from?

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mesoderm

70
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What is myostatin?

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a regulatory protein that negatively controls muscle size (growth and differentiation)

71
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What is myoD?

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a regulatory factor that activates the expression of muscle-specific genes

72
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Development of skeletal muscle order

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mesoderm -> myoblast -> multinucleated myotubes -> muscle fiber

73
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What are satellite cells?

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  • muscle stem cells
  • present in adults
  • sit on edge of myocyte
  • monitor damage
74
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Satellite cell image

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a = nucleus of satellite cell
b = collage
arrows = basal lamina

75
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Satellite cell in EM

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76
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Role of satellite cells?

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induce repair

77
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Cardiac Muscle: Overview

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  • under involuntary nervous control (autonomic)
  • no regenerative capacity, damaged heart muscle is replaced by CT scar
  • fibers are NOT syncytial network, but rather individual cells
  • contain striations and sarcomeres
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Cardiac Muscle: Cellular Structure

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  • one or two centrally arranged nuclei
  • cells are joined to each other by intercalated discs
  • mitochondria and glycogen granules are enriched at the poles of the nucleus and referred to as sarcoplasmic cone
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Cardiac Muscle: Ultrastructural Organization

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Intercalated discs:
- junctional complexes that appear as dark transverse lines between muscle fibers
- 2 portions: lateral and transverse

Transverse portion:
- runs across fibers
- possesses 2 junctional specializations: fasciae adherentes and maculae adherentes (desmosomes)

*fasciae adherentes = anchor thin filaments

*macular adherentes = bind cells to prevent separation during contractions

Lateral portion (gap junctions):
- provide direct electrical communication between cells

80
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Cardiac muscle organization labeled

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81
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Atrial granules

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  • found in atrial cardiac muscle cells
  • contain the hormones atrial
    natriuretic actor (ANF) and brain natriuretic factor (BNF)
  • both are diuretic hormones
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Cardiac Muscle: Nervous Investment

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  • cardiac muscle fibers contract spontaneously
  • initial stimulus for contraction is by sinoatrial node
  • when stimulus reaches purkinje fibers which spread out the timing from the SA node
  • innervation is modulatory: speeds up or slows down the intrinsic beat
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T tubule system: cardiac vs skeletal

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  • cardiac muscle has larger t-tubules than skeletal muscle
  • sarcoplasmic reticulum of cardiac muscle is poorly developed relative to the SR in skeletal muscle
  • each cardiac cell T tubule is associated with one terminal cistern, forming dyads
    instead of triads
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What are purkinje fibers?

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  • modified cardiac muscle cells located
    in the atrioventricular bundle of His
  • larger than ordinary cardiac muscle cells
  • have a large number of gap junctions
  • LOW myofibril content and HIGH glycogen content
84
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EM of purkinje fiber

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